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Quote by Samuel Johnson
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any mans virtues the means of deceiving him. – Samuel Johnson

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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. – Samuel Johnson

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. – Samuel Johnson

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A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson

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